Kashif Hussain

As Head – HRBP & Talent Acquisition at IIFL Home Finance, I lead the end-to-end people agenda for a pan-India retail lending business with 300+ branches and 5,000+ employees. The role focuses on building scalable HR and talent systems to support rapid growth, leadership readiness, and organizational effectiveness across geographies. ◾️ Built and scaled an internal Talent Acquisition team managing 400+ frontline hires per month by designing hiring SOPs, referral programs, and centralized governance. ◾️ Aligned and closed annual manpower planning based on business targets and productivity benchmarks, ensuring hiring readiness across all regions. ◾️ Strengthened lateral hiring execution by integrating recruitment ownership into the HRBP model, improving hiring predictability and control. ◾️ Implemented nationwide virtual induction and pre-joining engagement initiatives, significantly reducing offer back-outs. ◾️ Designed strategic engagement initiatives, including structured 1-0-1 employee connect sessions and career progression frameworks to improve retention and internal mobility. ◾️ Led organization-wide restructuring initiatives covering roles, grades, compensation benchmarking, policy revamp, and rightsizing linked to branch and product closures. Strategic HR Leadership, Talent Acquisition Strategy, Workforce Planning, Organization Design, Compensation Benchmarking

As Zonal HR Business Partner, I owned the people strategy across 14 states covering North, Central, and East India, supporting aggressive business expansion while managing engagement, performance governance, and leadership capability across diverse markets. ◾️ Enabled 10X expansion of branch footprint and employee base by aligning recruitment, deployment, and onboarding with business growth plans. ◾️ Reduced offer back-outs from 34% to 18% through structured pre-joining engagement and virtual induction models, maintaining 95% capacity utilization. ◾️ Executed enterprise engagement and leadership initiatives, including Leadership 1-0-1, Huddle-Up, Rubaru, HR Engage, and Bottom 50 programs. ◾️ Designed and implemented a structured career progression framework (“Game Changers”) to strengthen succession pipelines and internal promotions. ◾️ Led PMS and compensation discussions with zonal and national leadership, ensuring unbiased ratings, promotion decisions, and bell-curve adherence. ◾️ Identified early attrition signals through multiple listening forums and executed targeted retention actions to stabilize key talent pools. Regional HR Leadership, Employee Engagement, Succession Planning, Performance Management, Talent Retention

As Zonal HR Manager, I managed the complete HR lifecycle for large, multi-state operations, supporting business scale-up and workforce stabilization across retail finance businesses. ◾️ Led large-scale recruitment drives supporting 10X growth in branch footprint and employee strength. ◾️ Executed engagement initiatives to improve workforce stability during rapid expansion phases. ◾️ Managed PMS cycles to align performance outcomes with business expectations. ◾️ Oversaw exit management and retention actions to control attrition in high-volume roles. ◾️ Supported leadership teams with HR insights across manpower planning and deployment. Zonal HR Operations, Recruitment Strategy, Employee Engagement, Performance Cycles, Exit Management

As Deputy General Manager – Talent Acquisition, I led the BFSI and Real Estate hiring practice with full ownership of delivery, financial planning, and leadership alignment. ◾️ Directed talent acquisition for BFSI and Real Estate verticals with P&L ownership. ◾️ Led annual budgeting and hiring forecasts aligned to client demand. ◾️ Partnered with leadership teams to define hiring strategy and execution priorities. ◾️ Managed resource planning, allocation, and fulfillment across multiple accounts. ◾️ Mentored team managers to ensure delivery against hiring targets. Talent Acquisition, BFSI Recruitment, Real Estate Recruitment, Budgeting & Forecasting, Resource Management

As Zonal HR Manager at Reliance Money, I supported workforce growth and performance governance across multiple regions in a fast-moving financial services environment. ◾️ Drove recruitment to support the rapid expansion of branches and teams across regions. ◾️ Strengthened employee engagement initiatives to support productivity and morale. ◾️ Led PMS execution to align individual output with business priorities. ◾️ Managed HR operations and exit processes to ensure continuity and compliance. Regional HR Management, Recruitment Execution, Engagement Programs, Performance Governance, HR Operations

As Assistant Manager – Talent Acquisition, I managed hiring operations across 9 locations and 19 branches, supporting large-scale recruitment delivery. ◾️ Led recruitment for pan-India requirements across multiple functions. ◾️ Managed end-to-end employee lifecycle, including induction, exits, and background verification. ◾️ Coordinated with branch leadership to meet hiring timelines and quality benchmarks. ◾️ Ensured compliance and consistency across hiring processes nationwide. Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, Full-Cycle Recruiting, Employee Lifecycle Management, Client Relationship Management

Worked as a Club Assistant (Assistant Manager) at the corporate office where my core responsibilities were as follows. • Recruitments • Induction • Training the new recruits • Decide on the incentive structure of the employees. • Handle all customer service issues & day to day operations.